Thursday, February 25, 2010

Rescuers free suspected Brazilian thief stuck in restaurant chimney

A Brazilian would-be burglar tried to make a discreet entrance into a bar in Sao Paulo, but had to shout for help once he got trapped inside the chimney on Tuesday night.

His cries for help were heard by a woman who lives next door to the bar. When the bar's owner, Cleia Baldonedo, arrived home after midnight, she was surprised by the ambulance and fire truck parked outside her bar.



Baldonedo walked inside and saw the suspect's feet hanging from inside the chimney. "We heard someone groaning and when I looked that way, I saw the man's feet hanging inside the barbecue grill," she said.

Fire fighters spent more than an hour trying to free the soot-covered man before finally breaking away part of the chimney with hammers. The suspect, whose identity was not revealed, was then taken to the hospital. It was still unclear if he would be charged.

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